Microsoft's Project Natick is an effort to develop a self-contained, underwater data center that could eliminate cooling costs and shorten deployment time
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Samsung updates Android browser for its devices, adds support for third-party ad blocking plugins
Samsung's Android browser gets ad blocking capabilities — Samsung is today adding support for content and ad blocking plugins to the web browser preinstalled on its Android phones.
Samsung announces February 21 “Unpacked” event in Barcelona; Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge unveiling expected
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Rob Joyce, head of the NSA's Tailored Access Operations, explains how to protect your networks from hacker teams like his
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Twitter shares are jumping on news that Marc Andreessen and Silver Lake thought about buying it out
Twitter shares are jumping in pre-market trading on speculation that Marc Andreessen could partner with private equity group Silver Lake to buy the company. — The speculation comes from Jessica Less...
U.S. and Europe Fail to Meet Deadline for Data Transfer Deal
American and European officials failed on Sunday to reach an agreement over how digital data — including financial information and social media posts — could be transferred between the two regions.
How FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to open the cable box could affect strategies of tech firms like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others
but not all — of your cable boxes Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : Cable lobby is really mad about FCC's set-top box competition plan Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo : The FCC's Plan to Fix Cable Boxes Will Sa...
New technologies like connected TVs, cars, bulbs, wearables, and more give government ample means to track suspects, Berkman Center study finds
New Technologies Give Government Ample Means to Track Suspects, Study Finds — WASHINGTON — For more than two years the F.B.I. and intelligence agencies …
Tech Firms Are Unclear on New UK Surveillance Laws, Warns Government Committee
The wording of the UK's proposed surveillance law is so vague that tech companies have little idea what data it would require them to store, a new government report has said. Companies are also conce...
Gigabit wireless internet using millimeter wave technology, as promised by Starry, has long struggled with range and reliability
Super high-speed internet delivered over the air isn't as crazy as it sounds — This week, a new startup, Starry, announced it would bring gigabit-speed internet access …
Italian tax authorities are probing Google for €300M in unpaid taxes between 2008 and 2013
2nd Update Financial Times : How the UK's 6-year Google audit ended with a tax settlement of just £130M, creating a political storm
Atom Tickets raises $50M from Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, and others, to help people organize group movie viewings, get discounts
Hollywood Studios Leading $50M Investment in Mobile Movie Ticketing App — Start-up Atom Tickets is designed to make it easier for friends and larger groups to arrange a rendevouz at the theater.
Why “mobile first” is outdated, and big screens are still the most important for some tasks
Why Mobile First Is Outdated … For a number of years now, we've been hit over the head time and again with “mobile first” and “mobile only”. Those of us building software since … Tweets: @laxgani and...
Why self-driving cars won't replace human drivers for at least a decade: people, police, laws, maps, and technology aren't ready
Don't worry Uber/Lyft drivers: self-driving cars won't take your job for at least a decade — Truth is people like me have overhyped self-driving cars. Tweets: @meharris , @andrewwrites and @bgurley ...
Presidental campaigns uploading massive email lists and voter files to Facebook, enabling targeted ads to donors and voters
Attackers using Word documents to deliver BlackEnergy malware linked to recent attacks targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure
Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek :
Digital assistant bots like Siri, Google Now, and Alexa undermine the open internet by only indexing select apps
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
How China is spending $100-150B to build its own world-class semiconductor industry by 2030
Economist : Tweets: @neiltwitz Tweets: Neil Shah / @neiltwitz : China spend more on semiconductor imports than oil, so makes sense. http://twitter.com/...
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